diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index d109d6e94..d4a52cdcd 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -1818,6 +1818,7 @@ def start_drag_with_data(
     operations: int = GLFW_DRAG_OPERATION_MOVE
 ) -> None: ...
 
+def draw_drag_icon_title(os_window_id: int, text: str, fg: int, bg: int, width: int) -> bytes: ...
 def set_tab_being_dragged(tab_id: int = 0, drag_started: bool = False, x: float = 0, y: float = 0) -> None: ...
 def get_tab_being_dragged() -> tuple[int, bool, float, float]: ...
 def request_callback_with_thumbnail(
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 201184df3..68f9ecf62 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -2759,6 +2759,28 @@ grab_keyboard(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *action) {
     return Py_NewRef(glfwGrabKeyboard(action == Py_None ? 2 : PyObject_IsTrue(action)) ? Py_True : Py_False);
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+draw_drag_icon_title(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
+    unsigned long long os_window_id;
+    const char *text;
+    unsigned int fg, bg;
+    int width;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "KsIIi", &os_window_id, &text, &fg, &bg, &width)) return NULL;
+    OSWindow *w = os_window_for_id(os_window_id);
+    if (!w || !w->fonts_data) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, "OS Window with specified id does not exist or has no fonts data"); return NULL; }
+    double font_sz_pts = w->fonts_data->font_sz_in_pts;
+    double ydpi = w->fonts_data->logical_dpi_y;
+    size_t height = (size_t)w->fonts_data->fcm.cell_height + 2;  // extra 2px for visual padding
+    size_t buf_sz = (size_t)width * height * 4;
+    RAII_ALLOC(uint8_t, buf, calloc(buf_sz, 1));
+    if (!buf) return PyErr_NoMemory();
+    if (!draw_window_title(font_sz_pts, ydpi, text, fg, bg, buf, width, height)) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to render drag icon title");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char*)buf, buf_sz);
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 start_drag_with_data(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
     static const char* kwlist[] = {"os_window_id", "data_map", "thumbnail", "width", "height", "operations", NULL};
@@ -2803,6 +2825,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     METHODB(pointer_name_to_css_name, METH_O),
     {"create_os_window", (PyCFunction)(void (*) (void))(create_os_window), METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL},
     {"start_drag_with_data", (PyCFunction)(void (*) (void))(start_drag_with_data), METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL},
+    METHODB(draw_drag_icon_title, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(set_default_window_icon, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(set_os_window_icon, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(set_clipboard_data_types, METH_VARARGS),
diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index 5f91058c9..f2ada74d2 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from .fast_data_types import (
     buffer_keys_in_window,
     current_focused_os_window_id,
     detach_window,
+    draw_drag_icon_title,
     get_boss,
     get_click_interval,
     get_options,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ from .progress import ProgressState
 from .tab_bar import TabBar, TabBarData, apply_title_template
 from .types import ac
 from .typing_compat import EdgeLiteral, SessionTab, SessionType, TypedDict
-from .utils import cmdline_for_hold, log_error, platform_window_id, resolved_shell, shlex_split, which
+from .utils import cmdline_for_hold, color_as_int, log_error, platform_window_id, resolved_shell, shlex_split, which
 from .window import CwdRequest, Watchers, Window, WindowCreationSpec, WindowDict, global_watchers
 from .window_list import WindowList
 
@@ -1640,11 +1641,15 @@ class TabManager:  # {{{
                 title = re.sub(r'\x1b\[.+?[a-zA-Z]', '', title).strip()  # strip CSI codes ]
                 title = replace_c0_codes_except_nl_space_tab(title.encode()).decode()
                 title = re.sub(r'\n', ' ', title)
-                # TODO: Add the title to the drag icon
+                opts = get_options()
+                fg = 0xff000000 | color_as_int(opts.active_tab_foreground)
+                bg = 0xff000000 | color_as_int(opts.active_tab_background)
+                title_pixels = draw_drag_icon_title(self.os_window_id, title, fg, bg, width)
+                title_height = len(title_pixels) // (width * 4)
                 drag_data = {
                     f'application/net.kovidgoyal.kitty-tab-{os.getpid()}': str(tab.id).encode(),
                 }
-                start_drag_with_data(self.os_window_id, drag_data, pixels, width, height)
+                start_drag_with_data(self.os_window_id, drag_data, title_pixels + pixels, width, title_height + height)
                 break
         else:
             set_tab_being_dragged()